Zidane headbutting mystery solved

Zidane headbutting mystery has been solved after Materazzi reveals what he actually told him at that mad moment in World Cup Final.

"I was tugging his shirt, he said to me 'if you want my shirt so much I'll give it to you afterwards,' I answered that I'd prefer his sister."

After saying those words, as you all know, the fella was suffered a powerful headbutt. [Link]

Read more @ BBC

Gallas threaten to score an own goal

I've come across this on BBC football news.

Chelsea say they sold William Gallas because he threatened to score an own goal if he was selected for their first game of the season.

Despite that Gallas denies, "I am surprised and shocked by these claims. I never said that I would score own goals if I had to play for Chelsea again".

Read more @ BBC

Latest EPL Transfer Before Deadline

Ashley Cole [Arsenal - Chelsea] £5m + William Gallas
Jose Antonio Reyes [Arsenal - Real Madrid]Loan
Julio Baptista [Real Madrid - Arsenal]Loan
Cygan [Arsenal - Villarreal] £2m
Carlos Tevez [Corinthians - West Ham] Undisclosed
Javier Mascherano [Corinthians - West Ham] Undisclosed
Pascal Chimbonda [Wigan - Tottenham] Undisclosed

Myanmar, 2006 Champion of Merdeka Cup

Seems like South East Asia sleeping giant is coming back again, though it's still early to judge. Last night in Merdeka cup final, Myanmar defeat 2-1 over Indonesia. Under the coach U San Win, Myanmar is placed as the lowest team in the four nation tournament. But FIFA rankings has nothing to do with the actual outcome. Kyaw Thu Ya took the lead on 61st minutes. Then the header from the capatain Soe Myat Min on 85th minutes was enough to add the 2006 Merdeka Cup to their name as a four times champion. The last time they won the title was in 1971 as Burma. Congratulation!

Chelsea face Barca again in CL Group Stage

The draw for the Champion League (CL) group stage announces Today. Since then the controversial match between the CL Champion Barcelona against English Premier League (EPL) Champion Chelsea have been covered most of the major sport news sites. Chelsea, under the couch Jose Mourinho, face Barca 3 years in a row now. They have been kicked out of the tournament by each other in the past two years. So their early match up in the group stage again seems juicy news for the journalists and sport fans alike.



Champions League Draw for 2006

Group A : Barcelona, Chelsea, Werder Bremen, Levski Sofia
Group B : Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, Sporting Lisbon, Spartak Moscow
Group C : Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven, Bordeaux, Galatasaray
Group D : Valencia, Roma, Olympiakos, Shakhtar Donetsk
Group E : Real Madrid, Lyon, Steaua Bucharest, Dynamo Kiev
Group F : Manchester United, Celtic, Benfica, FC Copenhagen
Group G : Arsenal,Porto, CSKA Moscow, Hamburg
Group H : AC Milan, Lille, AEK Athens, Anderlecht

Zidane Game

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Zidane, the best player of the 2006 World Cup.

Despite being sent-off in the final, Zinedine Zidane won the Golden Ball award. I'm glad after all, watching him the moment he walked out of the pitch just to end his career like that way is really sad for me. It's just unacceptable for the living legend. Now this award will relieve the pain in some degree for him and for his fans. Congratulation Zizou, you are the man!

The true blue, Italy

After 24 years waiting, Tonight Azzurri make 2006 FIFA World Cup to their name as a four times champion. Well done, you deserve it. Though I feel sorry for Les Bleus. Anyway France and Italy are alike both my favourite, so I am happy in the end.

World Cup is over. I really enjoy it but oh, now it's time again to start studying for the exam next month, damn! That also means I cannot regularly update ZeroTopic. But it doesn't mean I'm quitting. So please stay in touch, although you may find no update in two weeks or so!

I hate Ronaldo!

Cristiano Ronaldo suddenly find himself as a new found villain after Rooney's sent off and a couple of amateur dives he did the match against France.



Rooney's red card Video



There is a website, www.ihateronaldo.com

New Outfit

Arsenal revealed a new kit for next season. While 2006 World Cup reach it's peak tempo, starting semifinal tonight, I can't help thinking which existing Gunners can have a happy ending, Jens Lehmann or Thierry Henry or unfortunately none of them!

World Cup drama

We just cannot take it!



Deciding a win over penalty kick is so cruel that it is enough to make the man like John Terry cry. When it comes to the penalty, England never win in major competition.

This 2006 World Cup is not for Brazil

France won 1-0 over favourites Brazil. Henery's only goal is just enough to kick them out of the tournament. Zidane is genius, an exceptional player. His performance is still amazing despite of an old age. He gave a good lesson to Brazilian, showing them who is the king of football. Such a sweet victory that I cannot decribe in words. Actually that is the second times, I already experienced this kind of good feeling 8 years ago, World Cup final match in 1998, even more sweeter that night, France beat them in style, winning 3-nil over Brazil, the lads lifted up the trophy. Bye bye Brazil, you guys just wait at least another 4 years dreaming how to defeat France in World Cup. Now Brazil and Argentina were out, 2006 World Cup trophy will be held up by hands of European.

World Cup madness

These days most of the small talk are occupied by World Cup. Last night I had a conversation with a cab driver. Some of them are a good story teller based on my experience. So everytimes I get a chance, I try to make them speak. I did the same thing last night. He retold me of one of his customer, who asked for his boss to give him a month break to enjoy World Cup. But the boss refused him. What do you think of his action? That £ucking guy resigned his job without hesitation, and then flew to Germany the next day to join the crowd there. I'm amazed, he did it at the expense of his job! How I wish, I would be him, huh?

World Cup 2006

9 days before to World Cup, this morning a friend of mine's sms message tone wake me up, asking who win last night friendly match. Oh! yes last night England faced Hungary to test their strength and weakness for good performance in next stage. I checked the result on the net. As I expected, England slaughter Hungary with 3-0 win, Gerrald, Terry and Crouch scored.

I used to watch World Cup eagerly when it was held in 1994, 1996 and 2000. No doubt 2006 will be great match though I will be away from screen most of the matches. Due to staying under tight pressure in other country, I don't have a heart to enjoy life anymore. Life for the moment is really sucks.